Most Popular Books by Mike Gordon

Do princesses wear hiking boots? In a rhyming text, a little girl asks her mother various questions about princesses. She wants to know if they play in the sand and dirt, wear jeans and a messy old shirt, do chores, follow rules, eat vegetables, snort as they laugh, etc. Each spread has a one-line question facing the mother's one-line response. -- Do princesses really kiss frogs? Our favorite princess returns--hiking boots and all--this time loaded with questions for her daddy. Everyone knows a princess. As this princess and her daddy wander through the woods, all kinds of wonders reveal themselves. She discovers that no matter who you are, a princess lies inside of us. -- Do princesses scrape their knees? Through belly-flops and missed baskets, our princess discovers that doing your best is all that really matter--even when your little brother is tagging along.

[This is] the story of how the California Hotel grew from an unattractive property in a run-down section of Las Vegas to become the must-visit destination for Hawai‘i gamblers, whose special relationship with the hotel was forged in its first decade of business—1975 to 1985. . . . [It’s] told largely through the voice of John Blink, who was a witness to the powerful connection Sam Boyd created between the California Hotel and Hawai‘i’s gamblers. But it also includes personal recollections from people who worked in Hawai‘i and the hotel. Together, they offer insights, memories, and opinions on what made the hotel an oasis of aloha in a depressed corner of Las Vegas. The early chapters, which provide the background and the events that led to the opening of the hotel in 1975, introduce the reader to Boyd and describe his growing mentorship of Blink. Subsequent chapters chronicle the California Hotel’s shaky start and the business decisions that turned it into a profitable casino beyond everyone’s dreams. They describe a place so popular that guests routinely say the best times to see old friends—sometimes the only times they ever see them—are at weddings, funerals, and at the California Hotel. —from the Introduction by Dennis M. Ogawa

El príncipe Jorge y su hermana mayor, Martina, se toman el pelo, se mofan y se burlan el uno del otro, para gran consternación de papá rey. Cuando Jorge siente miedo de un dragón ilusorio que acecha en las sombras, sus intentos de capturarlo no lo llevan a ninguna parte, hasta que Martina decide echarle una mano, y ello le supone algunas agradables sorpresas.

Xpo Pack item.

Des expériences simples et bien illustrées pour aborder différents sujets technologiques.

Provides advice on catching, housing, observing and caring for mini pets such as insects, spiders, snails and frogs. Includes glossary. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.